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PennBid Overview and Introduction

Welcome to PennBid – the region’s leader in online bid management.

Founded in 2009 through a public/private collaboration with a municipal consortium in Bucks County, PA, the goals were simple: create a state-of-the art online sealed bid platform for public agencies that lowered the cost of bid management for agencies and bidders alike, while benefitting the public. In addition, PennBid enhances integrity, bid transparency, and improves bidder inclusion.

Cost-efficient public agencies, along with engineering and architectural design firms, understand how to reduce costs and waste by differentiating themselves with various strategies and tools. The PennBid Program provides a state-of-the-art electronic bid management platform which offers tremendous value to agencies and provides a competitive benefit to design firms.

Fundamentally, the PennBid Program was developed to accomplish two goals:

  • Dramatically save time and decrease costs on every aspect of the bid management process for both the posting agency and bidders.
  • Foster more aggressive bid pricing through larger bidder pools and reduce costs for potential bidders.

This unique approach – rooted in minimizing costs, not just shuffling them around – has led to over 1,900 public agencies and design firms trusting PennBid.  A number that grows every day.

Thank you for the little tweaks, fixes and add ons when I have a new item on PennBid! Much appreciated, and I notice them! It helps me remember to do them, next go-around.
– City of Williamsport
PennBid has streamlined the entire bidding process into a user-friendly platform with an unbelievable staff that are always willing to assist.
– KLH Engineers, Inc.
Just wanted to say that I am very impressed with the capabilities of PennBid. We’ve had an amazing response. My sincere thanks.
– Tinicum Township
As a somewhat technologically challenged person, I have been thrilled by the willingness of the PennBid staff to work with me, teach me (sometimes twice), humor me and eventually provide me with exactly what I wanted. They really do go above and beyond what could normally be expected, and I am very grateful for that!
– Lower Saucon Authority
PennBid is saving us, our bidders, and most importantly, our clients a great deal of time and money.
– Andersen Engineering
PennBid makes bidding projects easy! Not only does it save time and money, but it also maximizes exposure to potential bidders and maintains records of all bid-related activity for you.
– Entech Engineering
Using PennBid allows T&M and our clients to save precious time and money. When coupled with its ability to streamline communications, stable platform, and ease of use, PennBid is a real “win-win” for everyone.
– T&M Associates
The work is done in a matter of minutes instead of days. All I can say is THANK YOU!
– Reading Area Community College
Carroll Engineering Corporation (CEC) has been utilizing PennBid since 2010 and has been well received by our clients. PennBid represented a major improvement to the bidding landscape by increasing project awareness and by facilitating communications during the bid process.
– Carroll Engineering Corp.
PennBid simplifies & expedites the bidding process, and aggravation with answering bidders’ questions and issuing addenda is greatly reduced. Our clients love PennBid because it saves them money.
– McCormick Taylor, Inc.
PennBid is a win-win for all parties, saving us and our clients time and money.
– RETTEW
PennBid saves time, money, aggravation, gray hair, and trees. Any public agency that bids projects the “old” way does not know what they are missing.
– BCM Engineering
From an owner’s perspective, PennBid adds immense value: Speed, security of bids or proposals, immediate notifications or addenda, complex project awarding – all done with just a couple mouse clicks. You guys have literally thought of everything!
– City of Williamsport
We efficiently distributed documents electronically, easily responded to questions, and managed addenda. We look forward to introducing the Program to other clients.
– Pennoni Associates
Very smooth. I keep thinking I must be forgetting something, because of the absence of contractor & vendor calls, no project log to update, bid form math to tabulate, etc. Very great!
– Herbert, Rowland, & Grubic, Inc.
PennBid streamlines the bidding process for our clients’ capital projects allowing us to provide timely communications to clients & bidders through simultaneous notifications, helping us deliver efficient service to better manage the bidding process.
– RETTEW
PennBid’ s customer service is astounding!
– City of Williamsport
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